Kindergarten, Science, Week 22

Monday

• I read Genesis 1:14. This week we are going to learn about the seasons.
• Why Do The Seasons Change? pages 4 -17
• This is mostly review, but K. wanted to re-do some of the explorations we had done in previous weeks.

Tuesday

• Why Do The Seasons Change? pages 19 - 21
• Concept: the earth is tilted, causing the northern and southern hemispheres to get more or fewer hours of light
• Exploration:
• Darken a room, stand about 3 feet from a globe with the northern hemisphere tilted toward the you.
• Shine a flashlight (the sun) on the globe.
• Notice that the hemisphere tilted toward you (northern) gets more light and the hemisphere tilted away from you (southern) gets less sun. This is summer in the northern hemisphere.
• Make the earth orbit the sun 180°. Now the southern hemisphere should be tilted toward the sun. This is winter in the northern hemisphere.

Wednesday

• Why Do The Seasons Change? pages 22 - 27

Thursday

• I Can Read About Seasons
• This book has great illustrations. I wasn't planning on reading the entire book in one sitting, but K. was interested, so I kept reading.

Friday

• Read I Can Read About Seasons again
• Concepts:
• The earth is tilted this results in the northern and southern hemispheres to get different amounts of light causing the seasons.
• The hemispheres seasons are opposite.